Volga - Volga

Apr 24, 1938

1h 44m

★ 6.8

Overview

Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Mosfilm

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Cast

Strelka Petrova

Lyubov Orlova

Byvalov

Igor Ilyinsky

The Pilot

Vladimir Volodin

The Water-Carter

Pavel Olenev

The street sweeper

Sergei Antimonov

Alyosha Trubyshkin

Andrei Tutyshkin

The Secretary (as M. V. Mironova)

Mariya Mironova

The Lumberjack (as V. V. Sanayev)

Vsevolod Sanayev

The Waiter (as N. S. Kondratyev)

Nikita Kondratyev

The Boy Musical Prodigy (as Tolya Shalayev)

Anatoli Shalayev

The Militia Man (as A. G. Dolinin)

Aleksey Dolinin

The Olympiad Representative (as I. P. Chuvelyov)

Ivan Chuvelyov

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